Stop Fisting Trees
Stop Fisting Trees is a server-side NeoForge mod that stops players from breaking logs with bare hands, so wood has to be harvested with a tool.
What it does
Breaking a log with an empty hand is slowed to 20 percent of normal speed by default and drops nothing. Tools that can harvest logs work as usual: the mod keeps the pickaxe, shovel, hoe and sword categories in play, and it can also be set so that a flint axe is the first way to gather wood. Vanilla logs and modded logs are both covered, and the set of logs the rule applies to can be changed in the config.
Because the mod only runs on the server, players connecting to it need nothing installed. The config offers wide control, and a server owner can decide whether bare-hand breaking is slowed, blocked completely or left alone. Only the server needs the mod, and it is released under the MIT License but is not open source. Files exist for 1.21.1 only, with 1.0.0 as the latest NeoForge build, published on 2025-10-16.
Key features
Bare-hand log breaking
Logs cannot be broken quickly without a tool, so tree harvesting takes the same care as mining.
Tool categories
Pickaxes, shovels, hoes and swords are counted as valid tools for log breaking, and their use stays unchanged.
Configurable log rules
The set of logs affected can be chosen, including modded logs, so the rule applies across a modpack.
Bare-hand penalty
By default bare-hand breaking is set to 20 percent of normal speed and drops no items, and this can be adjusted.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Survival servers
Server owners who want wood to take more effort than a few punches can keep the vanilla world and slow only log breaking.
Modded packs with many log types
Packs that add new log blocks can apply the same rule to all of them through the config.
Who it’s for: Server owners who want players to gather wood with tools. The mod is not needed on the client, so it suits servers where players join without extra installs.
Questions
Does Stop Fisting Trees need to be installed on clients?
Which loader and versions does Stop Fisting Trees support?
Can the rule be applied to modded logs?
In the catalog
Stop Fisting Trees is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 12,140 Game mechanics mods for NeoForge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
A Minecraft mod that prevents players from breaking logs with their bare hands. It will make it very slow to brake a log with a fist and it will drop nothing. (like mining diamonds with a stone pick) You should add flint axes, otherwise it will be very hard to get wood at the start.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/stop-fisting-trees
- Owner
- nickbestlovesfoxes
- Published
- 2025-10-16
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-10-16
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15